PLAN of FORT NIAGARA with its ENVIRONS, and the Attack made there-upon, in the Month of Iuly 1759

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PLAN of FORT NIAGARA with its ENVIRONS, and the Attack made there-upon, in the Month of Iuly 1759
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Title:
PLAN of FORT NIAGARA with its ENVIRONS, and the Attack made there-upon, in the Month of Iuly 1759
Date:
[1759]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
British Library
Collection (local):
British Library Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--New York (State)--Old Fort Niagara--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Military art and science--New York (State)--Old Fort Niagara--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Old Fort Niagara (N.Y.)--Siege, 1759--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Places:
Niagara (county) > Old Fort Niagara
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets : joined, manuscript pen and ink with watercolour ; 45 x 64 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
[Place of production not identified] : [producer not identified]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:3,600
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-002087309
Notes:
Relief shown by shading.
Shows title in a simple surround at lower right containing a lettered key (A-M and a-m) and the scale bar, "Scale 100 yards to an inch".
Shows roads.
Shows location of military action of 24th July.
Map reproduced in: Hulbert, Archer Butler. The Crown Collection of photographs of American maps. Series 1.
Copy at Add Ms 15,535.4. Comprises 2 sheets, joined and with discolouration at join. Small red stamp of British Museum to verso. Evidence of old folds.
Notes (date):
9999
This date is inferred.